How do infrastructure facilities boost production?
Infrastructural facilities increase production of a country both by increasing the productivity of the factors of production and improving the quality of life of its people.
Infrastructure plays a major role in the raising productivity in all three sectors, viz. primary, secondary and the tertiary sector.
(i) Productivity in primary sector is increased because irrigation facilities have reduced the dependence on monsoons.
(ii) Productivity in the secondary sector has increased due to the improvements made in the energy sector.
(iii) Productivity in the tertiary sector has increased due to the improvements made in the means of transportation and communication.
Also, social infrastructure increases the quality of life of workers, thereby increasing their efficiency. Healthcare centres, educational institutions and other such facilities develop the skills of the workers, which Increases their ability and efficiency to work.
Thus, we can conclude that infrastructure boosts production.